Taping device



Feb. 20, 1940,

C. A. RASANEN TAPING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1939 WgRHSHNE-ZY.

m a T n m IN C'HHRZIB W ATTORNEY-S.

Patented Feb. 20, 1 940 5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The present invention relates generally to im-.

provements in taping devicesand has particular reference to aportable handtaping device for-printers use in taping together a series of 5 'matrices, which. operation has heretofore been accomplishedby hand. I

Theprincipal object of the invention is to pro.-

vide a portable handtaping device which includes means forholding and dispensing a roll 10 "of-tape, means for moistening the same, and

means for applying the moistened tape on the matrix margins or to any otherobjects to which it is desired toapply atape of this character.@ m y Another object of the invention is to provide a ll portable hand taping device of the character designated that is most suitablefor newspaper work and especially in the assembly of matrices which are later to be molded into the final sections of a newspaper.

20 A further object of the invention is to provide a handy portable device of the character set forth that embodies means for holding and feed: ing a roll of adhesive tape, means for guiding the tape as it is dispensed from the roll, means 35 for tensioning the tape as it is dispensed from said roll, and flexible means for engaging the moistened tape and depressing the same to cause the adherence of said tape to uneven surfaces.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent l during the course ofthe following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Fig. 1 is aside elevation of the improved taping device, showing the supporting frame for the tape reel, the handle, the moistening mechanism, and the flexible applicator mechanism adapted to apply the moistened tape to matrices or other 0 objectsto be joined together edge to edge;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the moistening mechanism, the tensioning mechanism, and the applicatormechanism of thedevice; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective detailed view, further 5 illustrating the adjustable tape tensioning and the retaining mechanism of thedevice.

In the newspaper art it has generally been the practice to apply tape to the stereotype mats or matrices by hand, which operation at best is a l 'slow, tedious, and very unsatisfactorymethod of making up forms in this work in that the tape cannot, as a general rule, be applied in an even and satisfactory manner to the forms, except with the utmost care.

Therefore, I have produced a handy portable device which includes, broadly; .a frame A; a tape dispensing reel.B,xa moistening roller C, and an applicator D. i

, The. frame A comprises a handle 5 which may. be grasped by the. operator in actual operation.

The handled also'includes an integrally formed 5 extension 5, at the outer end ofwhich the appli cator D, comprisinga brush l, is positioned. The frame A is provided with a pivot boltB and a nut 9, and the tape reel B is mounted on this bolt and may be changed from time to time as occasic-n requires; r a a v Securedlto the frame A, as disclosed in Fig. l, is v a fixed arm it] having pivoted at its outer end a gravity actuated guard ll having flanged sec tions l2 capable of guidingthe tape from the reel and also including a weighted end 13 adapted to engage the tape to prevent too rapid unreeling of the same by placing frictional contact on the reel. 1 i

The device also embodies a reservoir I 4 attached to the extension 6 in any suitable manner, as by screws l5, and the moistening roller I6 is pivotally mounted in this reservoir at I! and contacts the tape forth. a

Arranged adjacent to and cooperating with the moistening roller .16 is a friction controlled element I8 pivoted to the frameat the point I9 and including aroller sleeve 20 and capable of being raised to the dotted position shown in Fig. 1. This element l8 places tension on the tape 2! ordinarily, but when raised from the contacting tape releases the same from the moistening roller in the manner hereinafter set l6 when the device is inoperative.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the element i8 is U-shapecl in configuration and normally rests over the tape 2| and which when manually raised by means of an extension 22 allows the tape to be'raised from the roller 16 in when the device is out of use. 1

The roller l6 may be provided with flanges 23 to retain the tape 2| thereon, and the reservoir 14 may be supplied with a filling funnel element 24, as shown in Fig. 2.

It is apparent that when the tape is fed from the reel and is led under the roller 20, over one section of the element I 8, over the moistening roller l6, and. under the applicator brush 1, said tape will be properly moistened and depressed by the brush element to cause said tape to engage and adhere to all uneven surfaces of any structures to which the device may be applied.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. In a device of the class described, a supporting frame, a tape dispensing reel mounted upon said frame, a tape on said reel 'moistening means mounted upon said frame and capable of contacting said tape; an applicator-mounted on said frame adjacent to said moistening means and capable of depressing and adhering the moistened tape to surfacesof uneven character, and a tension member associated with the moistening means, said tension member being pivoted on the frame and U-shaped forming two parallel arms, the tape passing over one arm and under the other arm and capable of being swung away from said moistening means. 2. A hand taping device, comprising a handle, a tape dispensing reel mounted thereon,tan extension oarried by the handle, an application brush carried by theouter end of said extension, a tank carried by the lower'face of the extension adjacent the brush, a moistening roller mounted in the tankand extending above the upper end thereof, whereby a roll of tape maybe mounted on the real and passed over the moistening roller and under the brush. i

3; A hand taping device comprising a handle, a tape dispensing reel mounted thereon, an extension carried by the handle, an application brush carried by the outer end of said extension, a tank carried by the lower face of the extension adjacent the brush, a moistening' roller mounted in the tank and extending above the upper end thereof, a tension device above said moistening roller, whereby a roll of tape may be mounted on said reel and passed between the tension device and moistening roller and under the application brush.

4. A hand taping device, comprising a handle, a tape dispensing reel mounted thereon, an extension carried by the handle, an application brush carried by the outer end of said extension, a tank carried by'the lower face of the extension adjacent the brush, a moistening roller mounted in the tank and extending above the upper end thereof, a tension device above said moistening roller'and comprising two spaced arms, whereby a roll of tape may be mounted on the reel and passed over one arm andover the moistening roller and under the other arm of the tensioning device andunder the application brush.

5. A hand taping device, comprising a handle, a tapedispensing reel mounted thereon, an extension carried by the handle, an. application brush carried by the outer end of said extension, a tank carriedby the lower face of the extension adjacentthe brush, a moistening roller mounted in the tank and extending above the upper end thereof, a tension device above said moistening roller and comprisingtwo spaced arms, whereby a roll, of tape-may be mounted on the reel and passed over one arm and, over the moistening roller and underthe other arm of the tensioning device and under theapplication brush, and a tension device carried bythe handle for the roll of tape. j

CHARLES ARASANEN. 

